Education Management and Reform: Dos and Don’ts

[Alolan_Apples]

One of our most important issues in today’s world is education. It is important because people will need it to survive. Lower-level education is a right, and it is necessary that everybody needs to learn. However, higher-level education is not for everyone. It depends on how well students from lower levels do, and how well-behaved they are. Recently, the standards of education have been lowered so much that it’s having a negative impact on society. In the 1980’s, a high school diploma would get you anything. Now, even a Bachelor’s degree in college wouldn’t guarantee a good job (at least for some majors). Another problem is that college is more expensive these days (the prime suspect being that administrative offices are expanding, and administrators are being overpaid). The effect of that is that the newer generations are being under heavy debt (even by the time they get a job). Another major concern is that some subjects (case in point, math) are being dumbed down in lower levels of education to make sure everybody meets the same standards (to prevent having more dropouts). By doing this, newer generations will not know how to solve our problems (global warming, technological advancements etc), which is a downfall of society. Granted, there will at least be a few people of the newer generations that can do this, but it doesn’t mean everybody else will. I am also concerned about the school bullying problem and how schools are refusing to expel them because of this “victim culture” and how “education is a right”.

I have some ideas on how to improve our education. The following should be taken to consideration:

• Instead of lowering the standards to college, they should raise the standards to high school. Like the other grades, a yearly average of an A to D will let you pass to the next grade as an average of F will force you to repeat the grade. But when you get to the 8th grade, students with a yearly average of A or B can move on to high school while students with a yearly average of C or D must take a test in order to move on to high school. If they fail the test, or if they got more than three suspensions in their entire middle school history, they are basically done with school, and they cannot move onto high school or college.
• If a kid gets rightfully expelled from school for misbehavior, they should receive a juvenile record that should haunt them as other schools, as well as employers, should take their record into consideration. Also, victim playing should be considered a felony, but only if they are the bully or the parents of the bully.
• Schools should teach morals to prevent bullying.
• Having diversity shouldn’t hurt, as every institution must accept diversity. However, diversity should be an achievement, not an expectation. Everybody should follow the same standards, as there shouldn’t be different standards based on race.
• They shouldn’t reduce or eliminate recess. It should be at least 30 minutes long.
• All schools should be allowed to teach any way they like, but they should not dumb down or eliminate any school subject. This also means that Algebra should be taught in high schools (and even middle school).
• Students should be expelled or suspended for bad behavior. But they should not be expelled or suspended for the wrong reasons. Punishing the victim, using political correctness to punish students, punishing because they just don’t like them etc. are not good ways to use this system.
• While we educate students about tolerance and diversity, we should also educate them on why communism and socialism are bad and what damage they have done. Part of the diversity subject should also include how Christians were persecuted (including those cases in America where Christians were persecuted like San Antonio’s ban of Chick-fil-A in airports or the Masterpiece Cake shop incident).
• College should be treated as a bonus rather than an expectation, but it should be expected when it comes to more professional jobs.
• Finally, indoctrination is not education. Students shouldn’t be indoctrinated to either side, especially if it’s for something ridiculous.